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[sheepdogs1]

Not an apt comparison. In football, whether a team converts third and short or third and long, the result is the same. In basketball, a three hurts you more than a two. There is a reason every team in the NBA, and, increasingly, college, gears their offense toward getting two shots: layups and threes. And your theory still doesn't account for whether we have the personnel to play zone effectively. Anyone can play zone. But if you give up lots of open threes, teams will burn you more often than not in this era.

Of course basketball, as well as non-basketball oriented things, contain unknowns, but that's why experimentation takes place in all walks of life and this includes basketball. Did we know before we ran a 4 guard lineup how that would pan out? Certainly not, but we tried it and we saw the net results be it good or bad.

 

[BCSooners]

Of course basketball, as well as non-basketball oriented things, contain unknowns, but that's why experimentation takes place in all walks of life and this includes basketball. Did we know before we ran a 4 guard lineup how that would pan out? Certainly not, but we tried it and we saw the net results be it good or bad.

So you're saying OU never went live in practice with a 4 guard lineup or zone defense?

 

[sheepdogs1]

So you're saying OU never went live in practice with a 4 guard lineup or zone defense?

But my point holds for practice as well for the staff did not know beforehand if it were a viable strategy until they tried it in practice.

Also, what materializes in practice does not always translate equally from practice to game.